Introduction

The official faith of isreal I'd spelt out by the old testament as a faith founded on activities of Yahweh with isreal.judaidm ,as it is populaly called after exile is based on revelation of Yahweh of himself to the people ,his choice of them as his people and his conventantal relationship with them .

Isreal's history begins with Abraham ,a pagan merchant who leaves his home land in Mesopotamia and heads West and then south to make a new life for himself "Abraham"migration was not just a symptom of demographic change ;it's was an intergral part of God plan for his life (Deane,1990:213).not only was he to have a new life style ,he was also to become the ancestors of a great nation . through him ,God would bless all nation ,the driving force in Abraham life as in that of his successor was the intention of loving and all powerful God to share his love with whole world and it's people

This belief found its classical expression in the story of how a group of Abraham's descendants were released from Egyptian bondage .this is the heart of isreal's official faith in old testament.the dramatic escape from slavery and their subsequent settlement in cannann was not due to social or geographical factors as may be adduced by critical biblical scholarship in certain quarters .for isreal ,it was the action of God himself without his intervention ,it could Neva took place